Handle and mounting for same



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S. W. NICHOLSON HANDLE AND MOUNTING FCR SAME Filed July 9,-1921 l. u sin? ma@ Mmm/w am Patented ct. 19, 1926.v

ment by a y UNITED STATES 1,603,396 Ilnfrlaa'lf OFFICE.

STANLEY W. `NICHOLSON, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A'SSIGNOR TO'THE DURA COMPANY, 0F TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

HANDLE AND MOUNTING FOR SAME.

Application filed July 9,

'llhis invention relates to handles and mounting for same, and relates more particularly `to handles 3yfor' actuating window control mechanisms. j

llt is the object of the invention to provide an improved meansfor quickly 'ournaling the handle upon its mounting an retaining the' handle against axial'v disengagement from themounting. The invention consists further in an improved assembly of a knob or finger grip upon the handle.

ln the drawings:

Figure l is a view partiall in side elevation and partly in section o the mounted handle, showing a. portion of the mechanism actuable by the handle.;

Figure 2 is a enlarged sectional view of the journal portion of the handle and its mounting prior to assembly;

Figure 3 is a detail sectional View of the knob or finger grip engaged with the handle prior to locking saidknob against removal;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a split bushing employed in mounting the handle.

In these views, the reference character A designates a crank handle of a type commonly employed for actuating window control mechanisms, one extremity of said lhandle being formed with a projecting bearing portion B, and the other extremity carrying an oppositel knob or inger grip C. bearing B is formed with the central opening D for engagement with a tubular jour nal pin E, the chamber D being open only toward said journal pin; The latter is formed with an annular ange F which is adaptedto be .attached by screws G or thelike, to any suitable support,as for example, the gear boxindicated at H. To rotativel secure the handle A uponthe journal pin there is employed a split resilient bushing I beveled at one end asv'indicated at I. The opening D is correspondingly beveled adjacent its mouth as indicated at J. Thus' after the bushing I has been engaged in an embracing relation with the lll pin E the bearing B may be forced by ap plication of-suiicient pressure into embracjing relation with the bushing I, the beveled face J riding upon-the beveled edge I and contracting the split bushing as the same enters the opening D. Adjacent its free end projecting pinC for engage- The 1 921. smal no. 483,641.

of the bushing I are such as to adapt said L bushing to fit snugly, when contracted, .be tween the ang'es F and K, inl al substantially flush relation with the latter. The bushing l while resilient, is sufficiently stiH to require considerable-pressure to force the bearing Binto embracing relation with said bushing so that the assembly of the bearing and bushing is of a permanent nature. The said bushing, when contracted within the bearing B, retains the handle permanently upon the journal pin since the fiange K prevents removal of the bushin The com raction of the bushing is notsu cient, however, to prohibit free rotation of the handle and its bushing upon the journal pin. lt is preferred to form an annular flange or escutcheon late L upon the inner end of the bearing between which iiange and the flange F is engaged the interior trimming M of the vehicle when the invention'is used in connection with the window "control mechanism of a motor vehicle.

1n lFigure l, gears N and @of such mechanism are shown mounted in the gear box H, the gear O being actuable from the handle by a coupling member P, the outer end of which is driven by engagement in a polygonal socket Q formed in the end wall of the opening D. j'

As a provision for assembling the knob C upon the pin C it is preferred to gradually taper said pin as indicated at IS from its inner end to an annular shoulder S', and to form the central opening of the knob with anouter portion of slightly increased diameter so that after the knob has been engaged in embracing relation with the pin, as

shown in Figure 3, external pressure may be applied to the knob to reduce the diameter of the inner portionof its central opening so as to engage a shoulder T formed at the juncture of said ortion with the enlarged outer portion behind the shoulder S', as disclosed in Figure 1, thus securely retaining the knob upon the pin.

The described construction provides a very secure assembly both' of the handle upon its mounting, and of the knob upon the handle, and said assembly further is one that may be very juickly established. What claim .as my invention is:

` dle thereupon.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle having a tubular bearing portion; of a journal member therefor supported at one end and formed at its other with an annular shouly der, and a split resilient bushing upon which said handle is pressed of lesser length than said journal member,- the bushing being contracted throughengagement of the handle therewith, and engageable bodily between said flange and the supported end of the journal member.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a handle having a bearinfr portion of a journal member engageabtle by said bearing portion, supported at one end and having a radial, outward` projection at its other, a split resilient bushing embraced within the bearing portion of the handle and contracted through engagement with the handle to engage between said projection and the supported end of the handle rotatively retaining the handle upon the journal member, the outer end of the bushing and the mouth of the opening of the bearing having beveled faces engageyable to facilitate pressing of the bearing into embracing relation with the bushing.

fl. In a device of the character described the combination with a rotative handle and a relatively stationary mounting for said handle, of a split resilient bushing interiorly engaging one of; said parts and contracted through engagement therewith, the other part being formed with a shoulder engageable by said bushing to prevent relative axial shifting of said parts, said bushing having an exteriorl bevelled extremity and the member receivmg the bushing having a complementary bevelled face facilitating contraction of the bushing b engagement with said bevelled end thereo I 5. The combination with a tubular bearing, of a handle member having an opening to receive said bearing and having a polygonal socket in an end face of said opening, means within said handle member for securing said bearing and handle to each other and a drive member passing through said tubular bearing and having a polygonal portion loosely engaging said polygonal socket.

6. The combination with a tubular bearing having a projection, of a handle member journaled upon said tubular bearing, a split resilient bushing controlled by its engagement within said handle member to retain the latter upon said bearing through engagement of said bushing with said projection of the bearing, and a drive element passino` through the bearing and rotatively actuabIe by said handle member.

In testimony whereof I aiiX'my signature.

STANLEY W. NICHOLSON. 

